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End of Session Update
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | April 1, 2024
As the 2023-25 legislative session has ended, Governor Evers has signed and vetoed numerous bills that would impact school districts. The topics of bills range in topic from raising safety standards, broadening a tech-ed grant program, educator licensing, changes to certain aspects of Act 20 training and screener requirements, and numerous stocking medication bills. He also issued a veto on the following bills:
SB 549, which would have required schools to admit certain federally charted youth organizations once a year for recruiting purposes. (veto message)
SB 335/AB 342 Relating to: allowing school boards to employ a school district administrator who is not licensed by the department of public instruction.
SB 489/AB 510 Relating to: rights reserved to a parent or guardian of a child.
SB 608/AB 640 Relating to: a license to teach based on working as a paraprofessional in a school district.
SB 688/AB 723 Relating to: local government competitive bidding thresholds and requiring school districts to utilize competitive bidding.
Governor Evers signed the following bills:
| Act Number | Enacted Date: | Description (from Wheeler Report) / Subject |
| 2023 Act 160 | 3/21/2024 | Driver Education Instruction related to Work Zone Safety |
| 2023 Act 165 | 3/21/2024 | Technical education equipment grants, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and making an appropriation |
| 2023 Act 192 | 3/22/2023 | Mandatory early literacy professional development (related to 2023 Act 20). Expands training opportunities to meet current law standards and makes the first of the three required literacy screenings (required under Act 20), optional in the 2024-25 school year. |
| 2023 Act 193 | 3/22/2023 | Ready-to-use glucagon rescue therapies in schools. This is not a mandate but it allows undesignated glucagon, used to treat individuals with known Type 1 diabetes, to be prescribed by a physician, advanced nurse prescriber, or physician assistant to a school district or public school, independent charter school, private school, or Tribal school in the name of the school rather than a specific pupil. |
| 2023 Act 194 | 3/23/2024 | Maintaining a supply of usable opioid antagonist at a school; Provides civil immunity for schools and school personnel for administering an opioid antagonist in a school setting if the antagonist is stocked at a school. |
| 2023 Act 195 | 3/22/2023 | The supply and use of short-acting bronchodilators on school premises or at a school-sponsored event |
| 2023 Act 196 | 3/22/2023 | Modify PI 34 rules for Tier I license to allow marriage and family therapists (MFTs) to also serve as mental health practitioners in the school system. This license would not allow the individual to work as a school social worker or school counselor, who are separately licensed. |
| 2023 Act 197 | 3/22/2023 | A modification was made so that ABCTE could continue to operate in this state and participants in the program can gain licensure as previously prescribed in law. |
| 2023 Act 198 | 3/22/2024 | The definition of “strip search” for the purpose of the prohibition against strip-searching a pupil. Redefines the terms “strip search” and “private area” to include undergarments to further protect students from any official, employee, or agent of any school or school district conducting strip searches. |
| 2023 Act 200 | 3/22/2023 | Sexual misconduct against a pupil by a school staff |
| 2023 Act 240 | Provides additional funding for the Office of School Safety at DOJ allowing them to maintain staffing and services through the debate on the next budget. |
A complete list of bills will be sent at the end of this week. Please let me know if you have any questions.
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